Month: March 2011

La ‘Le Phadraig 2011: St. Patrick’s Day 2011. A few weeks prior to St. Patrick’s Day of 1959 I was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Patrick’s Day of that time was a day on which we proclaimed, sometimes rather loudly, our pride in our Irishness, in our catholicity. We spoke… Read more »

In March 1603 old Queen Elizabeth died in the palace at Richmond on the Thames.  Immediately Sir Robert Carey leapt into action.  Already he had a string of horses posted all the way to Scotland and he rode night and day to Edinburgh.  Once he fell heavily from the saddle and was kicked in the… Read more »